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Rotterdam Retired Cruise Review to Caribbean - Western

Cruises: 7+ cruises
Reviews: 11
Helpful Votes: 186

Overall rating:

3.9 out of 5
Rotterdam Retired

7 Night Western Caribbean Holiday (Tampa Roundtrip)

Sail date: December 30, 2018

Ship: Rotterdam Retired

Cabin type: Suite

Cabin number: 6223

Traveled as: Couple

Reviewed: 5 years ago

Review summary

Due to heavy fog over 8 hours late boarding. Sketchy communication regarding delay. Beautiful ship. New Year's cruise. We had an aft handicap facing cabin with an awesome view. Some of the service needed improvement. We are 4 star mariners and noticed a decrease in the quality of Holland America. Don't know if we would cruise with them again.

Embarkation

3 out of 5
Long delay due to fog. Hit or miss communications regarding delay.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

5 out of 5
Main dining room and lido food was usually very good.

Onboard Activities

2 out of 5
Casino left much to be desired. Only 6 tables and would not open table when requested. Casino pales in comparison to Carnival.

Entertainment

4 out of 5
Illusionist/comedian was good

Service and Staff

3 out of 5
Wait staff was good, room steward just ok.

Ship Quality

5 out of 5
Beautiful ship. Nice that carpeting by elevator marked forward.

Cabin / Stateroom

2 out of 5
This was a handicap cabin facing aft. Lots of open space. Lacking in drawers. Only a shower with floor drains which flooded bathroom floor on occasion. Only one small shelf in bathroom.

Ship tip

Tampa port fogs at times. Passengers on cruise prior to us didn't get off till after 6 p.m.

Ports of call

Tampa, Florida

5 out of 5

Key West, Florida Did not visit port

Skipped port due to lengthy boarding delay.

Trujillo, Honduras Did not visit port

No interested. Tender in.

Santo Tomas De Castilla, Guatemala

5 out of 5
Took excursion to Tikal Mayan ruins. Awesome experience.

Costa Maya (Mahahual), Mexico

4 out of 5
Just walked around and shipped a little. Built for cruise ships.

Disembarkation

5 out of 5
Painless.
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4 Comments

Gwbigdog    2 years ago

Thanks for sharing your cruise.

cruisereckoning    4 years ago

Glad you enjoyed.

mcraf98    5 years ago

Pretty much 200 sea days.

onlysail    5 years ago

What makes you 4* mariners ??

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